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I have to tell you guys that I really wasn't looking forward to receiving my MP4/22 after hearing everyone cry and moan about the quality of this kit, and thus, many more ST27 kits....like white metal problems...non accurate overall...or just where the suspension meets the body... or this is too sho...

thanks you guys...I've learned alot, just from your tips already...I appreciate everyone's fedback so much. And i'll definitely check out all of the links everyone was kind enough to list. Onward I go, wit hall of your information as my artillery....Thanks again. Steve Mohlenkamp

Hi there fellow F1 model builders...I am just about to start my first multi media kit, and wondered if any of you experienced with these can lend any novice advice...it's the Studio 27 Ferrari 312T2 from 76'. Can I use superglue instead of epoxy? How important is a complete test fit? What else would...

nice job, I'm impressed, as I'm just ready to start my first multi-media build....I'll be pleased if mine looks a fraction as good as yours...nice job photographing the finished model also. My compliments on the entire project. Steve Mohlenkamp

Thanks for youir help, and I alteady, indeed, do have his article from modelersite, it's excellent, ....and, I also figured, that the two models would be very similar. I appreciate Alessandro's contact info, and I will try to get in touch with him for any additional comments he might be willing to a...

I just took delivery of a Model Factory Hiro Lotus 98T. Can anyone shed any experience on this kit? Anythin gI should know before I dig into my first all metal full detail MFH kit? Thanks, Steve mohlenkamp

Hey there Ds, and Shunter, thanks for your compliments. I appreciate them greatly. The diorama base was built by spraying the track surface with one of those texture paints offered by Krylon, to give the irregular surface. Then I usually scuff it with my fingers while it's drying, and rough it up a ...

Hey, thanks guys, for your kind comments, they mean the world to me. I'll post some other freshly photographed models soon. The next "dioramas" on the build list are all 1/20, and will be..... 1) Hunt and Lauda in the (tamiya) McLaren M23, and the (st27) Ferrari 312T2 in a classic 1976 bat...

I put on the tire decals, flatted them over, then made a masking tape stencil of the blur, and airbrushed the blur through the applied stencil with a watered down flat white, ...Then I flatted again, and done. I brush blurred the wheel logos and details to match the spin look of the tires, as nothin...

Hey guys, I just thought I'd post some new images of an old build....Michael's first victory at Spa in 92. I just recently reshot this 1/20 scale model of the Benetton B-192, depicting the beginning of an entirely new era in formula One. I "race-weathered " the car, blured the tire marking...